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From AI Cameras to Boom Barriers: The Policing Innovations That Transformed Pune’s Ganeshotsav

11 June 2026

Pallavi Priya

With AI-powered surveillance, face-recognition systems, permeable barricades and smart boom barriers, 2019-batch IPS officer Krushikesh Rawale successfully...

Beyond Bureaucracy

12 Years of Narendra Modi: From Red Corridors to Growth Corridors—The Final Chapter of India’s Transformation

11 June 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

India’s transformation over the past 12 years has been marked not only by economic and technological...

Features

WHAT INDIA MUST LEARN FROM A FRAGMENTING WORLD

11 June 2026

Col MV Shashidhar

In an era of shifting alliances and geopolitical uncertainty, India’s greatest strength may be its strategic...

Beyond Headlines

How IFS Sandeep Kumar Helped Assam Achieve Zero Rhino Poaching in Kaziranga After Nearly 45 Years

11 June 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Under PCCF & HOFF Assam Sandeep Kumar’s leadership, Assam recorded multiple years of zero rhino poaching,...

Beyond Headlines

12 Years of Narendra Modi: From Chandrayaan-3 to the World's Fourth-Largest Economy, Six Milestones That Redefined India

10 June 2026

Pallavi Priya

In Part 2 of this special three-part Indian Masterminds series, we examine six defining milestones of...

Must Read

Major IAS Reshuffle in Kerala: 47 Officers Transferred; B. Ashok Appointed Higher Education Principal Secretary, N. Prashanth Gets Sports

9 June 2026

Who Is IPS Officer Riti Raj? Telangana Cop Who Led Hyderabad Pub Raid and Exposed Alleged Sex Racket

8 June 2026

Who Is IAS Pooja M? Karaikal Officer Who Jailed Three Sons for Neglecting Their Elderly Father

8 June 2026

Videos

Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal: How a Punjab-Born Lawyer Rose to Lead Tamil Nadu Police

10 June 2026

Bhakti Kothari

How an IRS Officer Spent Five Years Decoding 4,000 Years of Indian Culture

9 June 2026

Pallavi Priya

A Career Forged at Sea : The Sailor-Scholar Leading the Indian Navy Into a New Era

6 June 2026

Pallavi Priya

Bureaucracy News

Civil Servants Are Agents of Change: Om Birla Addresses 2024 Batch IAS Trainees at Parliament

11 June 2026

UP DGP Interacts with 2023-24 Batch IPS Probationers, Highlights New-Age Policing Challenges

11 June 2026

Who Will Be the Next NITI Aayog CEO? IAS Anurag Jain Leads Race as Centre Weighs Top Bureaucrats

11 June 2026

Centre Announces Key Appointments: Varun Nayyar Named CBI IFA, Suvasish Das Gets 2-Year Extension, Bhaskar Repatriated

11 June 2026

West Bengal Transfers 18 IAS Officers in Major Administrative Reshuffle; Anup Kumar Agarwal, Nandini Chakraborty Get Key Posts

10 June 2026

IFS Vinay Kumar Appointed Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe; IFS Lakshmanan Ramesh Babu Named Envoy to Côte d'Ivoire | Know Their Careers

10 June 2026

PSU News

IRCTC Appoints Rajneesh Narain as Director (Finance) on Immediate Absorption Basis Till 2030

11 June 2026

Rare Earth Independence: How MIDHANI Plans to Secure India's Strategic Material Future

11 June 2026

NTPC Bongaigaon Elevates Arnab Maitra as Executive Director to Strengthen Operational Excellence

11 June 2026

DFCCIL Leads High-Level Push with SECL and SECR to Accelerate East-West Freight Corridor Project

11 June 2026

NLC India Signs MoU with CSIR-CECRI to Develop Critical Mineral and Rare Earth Extraction Technologies

11 June 2026

BHEL Gets LNTP from DVC for 800 MW Durgapur Supercritical Power Project, Starts Advance Engineering Work

11 June 2026

Oil India Signs Major Clean Energy Pact with Canada’s PTRC for Carbon Capture, Geothermal and Energy Innovation

11 June 2026

REC–PFC Merger Gets Presidential Approval, Set to Create India’s Largest Power Financing Entity

11 June 2026

Defence News

Big Defence Move: Indian Navy Set to Receive Advanced Satellite Warfare Systems

11 June 2026

Rare Earth Independence: How MIDHANI Plans to Secure India's Strategic Material Future

11 June 2026

India May Get Custom-Built Su-57E Jets as Russia Makes Major Stealth Fighter Offer

11 June 2026

What is Sudarshan Chakra Air Defence Programme And How It Helps to Build Massive Shield

11 June 2026

Judiciary News

Psychological Assessment of Child Ruling

Big Relief for Child Victims: Supreme Court Restricts Routine Psychological Assessments

11 June 2026

Supreme Court Flags Concerns Over Third Judge's Role in Split Verdict Cases

11 June 2026

Supreme Court Sanctioning Authority Examination Ruling

Big Relief for Trial Courts: Supreme Court Cancels MP HC's Sanction Verification Rule in Corruption Cases

11 June 2026

Madras High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Promotion of 7 Tamil Nadu IAS Officers, Including T Udhayachandran, to Chief Secretary Grade

11 June 2026

CSR News

SECL Launches Model Anganwadi Centre in Bilaspur Under ₹4.72 Crore CSR Push for Early Childhood Education

9 June 2026

NTPL Signs ₹2.97 Crore CSR MoU with Gandhigram Rural Institute to Establish Gandhi Museum in Tamil Nadu

6 June 2026

NCL Signs ₹25 Lakh MoU with Singrauli Administration for Jal Ganga Sanvardhan Abhiyan Water Conservation Project

2 June 2026

DVC Donates 2 Ambulances in Koderma to Boost Rural Emergency Healthcare Services Under CSR Initiative

1 June 2026

Opinion

Features

WHAT INDIA MUST LEARN FROM A FRAGMENTING WORLD

Col MV Shashidhar

Features

Why synchronising polls threatens India’s federal soul and democratic diversity

Vijay Shankar Pandey

Cartoon of the Week

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UPSC Stories

AIR 357 Shreya Jha on Cracking UPSC CSE 2025: ‘Understand the Exam Before Trying to Conquer It’

10 June 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

AIR 357 Shreya Jha shares her UPSC CSE 2025 success story, preparation strategy, law optional approach,...

What Happened in Class 10 Changed His Entire Life: Aayush Swami's Story Is About More Than UPSC

9 June 2026

Bhakti Kothari

From a small village in Madhya Pradesh to securing AIR 461 in UPSC CSE 2025, Aayush Swami’s story blends...

Failed Class 12, Failed BA First Year, Chose Dance, Then Cracked RAS Twice: The Story of Brijesh Parmar

8 June 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Failed Class 12 and BA first year, pursued professional dance, then cracked RAS twice. Read Brijesh Parmar's...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

Where Memory Becomes Poetry

7 June 2026

BP Acharya

A moving anthology where three generations unite through poetry, preserving memories, reflections, and...

Combat Chuckles: Twenty-One Stories That Capture the Human Side of the Armed Forces

6 June 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A review of Combat Chuckles, edited by Ratna Manucha, a delightful collection of military humour, cantonment...

Through the Himalayas and the Upanishads: A Journey into the Self

30 May 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A compelling philosophical novel that traces a German psychologist’s quest for answers through India’s...